im·ag·ing (?m??-j?ng)n. Visual representation of an object, such as a body part or celestial body, for the purpose of medical diagnosis or data collection, using any of a variety of techniques, such as ultrasonography or spectroscopy.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.imaging (??m?d???) n1. (Electronics) a. the process of forming or obtaining images by electronically tracing something such as sound waves, temperature, or chemicals, rather than by using light rays or ordinary photographyb. (as modifier): sophisticated imaging technology. 2. a. the process of forming or obtaining images by electronically tracing something such as sound waves, temperature, or chemicals, rather than by using light rays or ordinary photographyb. (as modifier): sophisticated imaging technology. 3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) computing a. the process of creating images from documents or photographsb. (as modifier): a printing and imaging business. 4. (Computer Science) computing a. the process of creating images from documents or photographsb. (as modifier): a printing and imaging business. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014im?ag?ing (??m ? d???) n. 1. Psychol. a technique using mental images to control bodily processes and ease pain or to accomplish something one has visualized in advance. 2. the use of computerized axial tomography, sonography, or other techniques and instruments to obtain pictures of the interior of the body. [1970?75] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.